For those unfamiliar with the release, the now-classic debut
full-length Celestial highlights ISIS' roots in metal and hardcore
while displaying the experimentation with post-rock and ambience that
they would become best known for. Accurately described by Decibel
Magazine as "a transitional record between the band's early work and
the post-metal benchmarks such as Oceanic ... the elements of the
greatness are present, but rawer, more direct." Initially surfacing
in 2000 following the larvael stages of formative EPs, Celestial was
ISIS' first release with the (then newly-solidified) lineup that would
last them through a decade until disbanding in 2010.

With chugging sludge, expansive doom, droning metal and a nuanced yet
vital use of keys, samples and noise, Celestial at times borders on
completely devastation, but gracefully shifts into passages of sheer
beauty. ISIS came into their own with Celestial, mastering the flow of
sonic dynamics between "loud" and "quiet", smoothly bringing sparse
elements into an otherwise oppressively heavy sound.
This unique and varied album of nearly an hour's length was their
first captured by engineer Matt Bayles, who subsequently recorded
ISIS' following three long-players. Aaron Turner's artwork has been
fully reimagined from the original elements, and the double LPs are
housed in a jacket with printed innersleeves containing flood-black
interior printing. Out of print for years, Celestial is finally
available again with newly remastered audio, carefully crafted
specifically for vinyl by longtime cohort James Plotkin.
We've pressed 2000 copies of this and they turned out great: 1100
black vinyl, and 300 each of three variations of yellow.

On the restock-tip we're in the same boat: all no-brainer bangers
from BARONESS, COUGH, DAITRO, DOOMRIDERS, GHOUL, GLACIERS, JKFLESH,
JODIS, KAYO DOT, KICKING SPIT, KONGH, PYGMY LUSH, TORCHE and YEAR OF
NO LIGHT.